Go-Go Museum & Café opens in Washington, D.C., where the genre was born

The Go-Go Museum & Café, the only collection dedicated to the celebration, study and preservation of all things go-go, is opening in its birthplace of Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON — In the nation’s capital, where a plethora of cultural institutions dot the landscape, a new arrival pulses with a go-go beat.

The Go-Go Museum & Café, the world’s only collection dedicated to the celebration, study and preservation of all things go-go, opens Wednesday in its birthplace, Washington, D.C.  

For the uninitiated, the genre is a syncopated, drum-driven style of funk. Its distinctive sound is heavy on percussion instruments such as congas and cowbells, as well as brass horns. Go-go is often played live, where its exuberant rhythms soar. “It is a powerful expression of joy,” said Natalie Hopkinson, the museum’s chief curator, who wrote her Ph.D. dissertation about go-go. “It is an art form.”

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